516 ARTS, in partnership with the Albuquerque Museum, announces The US-Mexico Border: Place, Imagination, and Possibility co-curated by Dr. Lowery Stokes Sims and Ana Elena Mallet. The group exhibition presents the work of over 40 designers and artists working along the US-Mexico border who are engaging with the intersections of culture that have developed in the region while considering the welfare and wellbeing of migrants and citizens who live there. This exhibition was originated at the Craft & Folk Art Museum in Los Angeles, where it was part of the Getty’s Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA initiative and supported by major grants from the Getty Foundation. The main exhibition in Albuquerque is hosted by 516 ARTS, and has been expanded into a collaboration with an additional exhibition site at the Albuquerque Museum and accompanying interdisciplinary public programs around Albuquerque.

Along the Border presents the work of experimental composer, multimedia artist, and performance artist Guillermo Galindo to explore the economic, political, and social issues around the Mexico-United States border. Since 2009, Galindo has created a series of instruments, or as Galindo calls them, “cybertotemic sonic objects,” that are crafted from discarded objects found at multiple sites along the 2000-mile national divide. On exhibit are works constructed from discarded cans, shoes, bicycle wheels, wood, leather, and more.

Guillermo Galindo
2017-2018
The Stanford University Department of Art & Art History will host Guillermo Galindo during the spring 2018 term as the seventh Mohr Visiting Artist.

The Office of the Vice President for the Arts administers the Mohr Visiting Artist Program which brings acclaimed and emerging artists to campus for a one-term period to teach a credited course and provide a presentation, exhibition or performance for the Stanford community and the public.

Presented in conjunction with the exhibition Along the Border, experimental composer, multimedia artist, and performance artist Guillermo Galindo will perform an original composition using instruments he has crafted from discarded objects found at multiple sites along the Mexico-United States border. This event is free and open to the public.

Mojave Sound presents “Incantations”, a three day sound art festival between Friday, March 30th to Sunday, April 1st in Wonder Valley, CA. Mojave Sound is founded and curated by Kate Short.

Bloodroot (a collaboration between interdisciplinary artist Amber Stucke and composer/artist Guillermo Galindo) will perform a piece titled “Blind Tanks” on Friday, March 30th at sunset. More details will follow with maps of all site specific installations and performances located at the Palms Restaurant in Wonder Valley.